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On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released new \u201c\u201d that ease regulations in immigration jails for the benefit of for-profit prison companies.
In its report, ICE claims that the new national standards \u201cstreamline\u201d its regulations and \u201creduce the burden\u201d on detention operators. But the revised standards eliminate pay requirements for people being detained \u2014 which previously often stood at $1 a day \u2014 and eliminate mandates requiring in-person and telephone interpretation and translation.<\/p>\n

The new regulations state that AI can be used for \u201cnon-critical communication\u201d and \u201cinformal interactions with detainees\u201d in lieu of real-life translation services. ICE said that this ensures interpretation will be available \u201cat no cost to the detainees\u201d \u2013 as if, without AI, those detained should be expected to pay for interpretation. Advocates have sounded the alarm that \u201cnoncritical communication\u201d includes responding to the grievances of those detained, which often include complaints about being denied lifesaving medical care. <\/p>\n

The regulations also state that facilities cannot refuse to admit anyone ICE has detained. According to The Associated Press<\/em>, this means that \u201cfacilities may not be able to immediately refer severely ill or disabled detainees whom they cannot accommodate to hospitals or other settings for care.\u201d It also reduces the liability of immigration jails in case of deaths. At least 50 individuals have died in ICE detention or shortly after since the start of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term. <\/p>\n

The Washington Post <\/em>reported on Tuesday that during the revision process, GEO Group \u2013 one of the U.S.\u2019s top two private prison and detention companies \u2013 requested that ICE make changes that would benefit its for-profit business.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, GEO Group asked ICE to remove regulations that called on contractors to follow state and local laws regarding the treatment of detained people, and to add language supporting GEO Group\u2019s legal position \u2013 for example, stating that detainees are not employees at the facilities, thereby waiving the $1-a-day required pay. The new regulations also prevent facilities from paying above the $1-a-day amount \u2014 which has for years been decried as amounting to forced labor.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/em>\u2019s source also stated that CoreCivic, the U.S.\u2019s other top private prison company, was consulted during the revision process for the new regulations for detention centers.<\/p>\n

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GEO Group is currently facing dozens of lawsuits, including multiple class action lawsuits, in Washington, New Jersey, and Colorado. The lawsuits allege labor law violations, \u201cdeplorable\u201d health conditions in facilities, and beatings, violence, and other forms of retaliation by GEO Group staff. <\/p>\n

ICE implemented some of GEO Group\u2019s requested changes, most notably waiving the $1 per day pay for detained people working at the immigration jails, and removing references to the requirement that the prison companies comply with state and local laws. <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s \u201cborder czar\u201d Tom Homan and ICE acting director David Venturella, appointed just last month, both previously worked for GEO Group, which has ICE as its largest customer. Venturella joined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immediately after leaving GEO Group, where he acted as senior executive and oversaw the company\u2019s detention centers, and then as a consultant. <\/p>\n

GEO Group and CoreCivic each donated $500,000 to Trump\u2019s inaugural fund in December 2024. And both have profited off of Trump\u2019s expansion of detention over the course of his second term. <\/p>\n

Lisa Gilbert of Public Citizen explained that the $1-a-day program comes from a 1950 policy that was never changed. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe $1 a day pay program is an affront to every working individual,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThe new standard appears to be intended as a gift to the for-profit contractors running detention centers, based on recent media reports. These corporations, which have seen record profits under the Trump administration\u2019s mass immigration detention policy, are now facing lawsuits demanding they pay detainees the state minimum wage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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